Carl,
I don't use v1.0, but I can see at least two problems with that calculation.
1) Duration is not a date field (at least not in v1.2) so can't be added to a date
without transformation.
2) Why would you want to add the duration to the previous EXPIRATION DATE??? That
doesn't even make sense. Shouldn't the new membership begin on the day the old one
ended?
The calc from v1.2 points to another calc field called DefaultStartDate. (Not sure
why the extra field.) The calc for that is:
If(Payment For = "Dues",
If(IsEmpty(Summary::MEM: LAST MEMBER EXPIRE DATE),
Post Date, Summary::MEM: LAST MEMBER EXPIRE DATE),TextToDate(""))
Looks like someone fixed your bug between 1.0 and 1.2. (Although not sure how one
that large could slip into the original release...) BTW, why haven't you updated?
HTH,
Matt Scholtz
At 04:25 PM 10/16/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello Dave!
>
>Thanks for the suggestion. Oddly, the layout fits manually entered
>start dates just fine. I tried extending the field box per your
>suggestion just in case, but that didn't help. Also, the Start Date
>remains as a "?" even in the Payments layouts in both the Names and
>Payments files. Other payment start dates that were manually entered
>appear fine in those layouts.
>
>I'm puzzled and hope to fix this soon as I'm beginning to get lots of
>payment data that needs to be entered quickly.
>
>Any other suggestions out there?
>
>Carl
>
>
>Dave Shaw wrote:
>>
>> >In ebase v.1.00:
>> >
>> >When I enter Payments for Dues, the Start Date is entered as a question
>> >mark ("?") unless I manually enter the date. When I look at the format
>> >of the Start Date field, however, it seems as though it is supposed to
>> >auto-enter the last expiration date as the new start date. (The
>> >calculation is as follows: If(Payment For = "Dues", Summary::MEM: LAST
>> >MEMBER EXPIRE DATE + Duration, "").
>> >
>> >I want the Start Date to be auto-entered as the last expiration date
>> >which the user can override, and this field definition and calculation
>> >seems like it should work. Has anyone else had a problem with this
>> >function?
>> >
>>
>> Carl, you might be having a problem only with the layout. I would
>> expect the field to show a question mark if the data couldn't fit
>> into the layout. Try stretching the field a bit.
>> --
>> Dave Shaw Northwest Classics, Inc
>> tel: 206-954-7526 fax: 206-625-1338
>
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>Carl Paulsen
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>
>
Matthew Scholtz
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